Half of Americans Say Cold War Ahead

A new poll shows half of Americans believe the United States is entering another Cold War with Russia. A Gallup poll released Thursday shows 50 percent of those surveyed believe another Cold War is coming, while 43 percent disagree. The same pollster found in 1991, at the very end of the Cold War, only 25 percent thought U.S. and Russia would again head down the same path. Older Americans, those who experienced the Cold War, were much more likely predict the coming of another...

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